Plot
In the Kingdom of Cloister, Jack, a young farm boy, is fascinated by the
legend of Erik, an ancient king who defeated an army of invading giants from
a realm in the sky by controlling them with a magical crown. At the same time,
Princess Isabelle becomes fascinated with the same legend.
10 years later, Jack goes into town to sell his horse to support
his uncle's farm. There, Jack spots Isabelle and develops a crush on her, after
defending her honor from a group of thugs. Meanwhile, Lord Roderick returns to
his study, only to find that a monk has robbed him. The monk offers Jack some
magic beans he stole from Roderick as collateral for Jack's horse. Back at the
castle, Isabelle quarrels with her father, King Brahmwell, as she wants to
explore the kingdom, but he wants her to stay and marry Roderick. Likewise,
Jack's uncle scolds him for being foolish before throwing the beans on the
floor and leaving the house.
Determined to be free, Isabelle sneaks out of the castle and seeks
shelter from the rain in Jack's house. As it rains, one of the beans takes root
and grows into a massive beanstalk that carries the house and Isabelle into the
sky as Jack falls to the ground.
Jack,
Roderick, and Roderick's attendant, Wicke, volunteer to join the king's
knights, led by Elmont and his second in-command, Crawe, and climb the
beanstalk in search of Isabelle. As they climb, Roderick and Wicke cut the
safety rope, intentionally killing some of the knights. At the top, they discover
the giants' realm and decide to split into two groups; one with Jack, Elmont,
and Crawe, and the other including Roderick and Wicke, but not before Roderick
forcibly takes the remaining beans from Jack (although Jack manages to save one
for himself).
Jack's group is trapped by a giant, who takes everyone prisoner
except Jack. Meanwhile, Roderick's group encounters two other giants; one eats
Wicke, but before they can do the same to Roderick, Roderick dons the magic
crown.
Jack follows the giant to their stronghold, where the two-headed
giant leader, Fallon, has killed Crawe. There, Jack finds the imprisoned
Isabelle and Elmont. As the giants prepare to kill their remaining prisoners,
Roderick walks in and enslaves the giants with the crown. He tells the giants
they will attack Cloister at dawn and allows them to eat Isabelle and Elmont.
Jack rescues Isabelle and Elmont as one of the giants prepares to cook Elmont
as a pig-in-a-blanket. The trio makes for the
beanstalk, where Jack causes the giant guarding the beanstalk to fall off the
realm's edge. Seeing the giant's body, Brahmwell orders the beanstalk cut down
to avoid an invasion by the giants.
Jack and Isabelle head down the beanstalk, while Elmont stays to
confront Roderick. Elmont kills Roderick, but Fallon takes the crown before
Elmont can claim it, and Elmont is forced to escape down the beanstalk. Jack,
Isabelle, and Elmont all survive the fall after the beanstalk is cut down. As
everyone returns home, Jack warns that the giants are using Roderick's beans to
create beanstalks to descend down to Earth and attack Cloister.
The giants chase Jack, Isabelle, and Brahmwell into the castle,
where Elmont fills the moat with oil and sets it on fire. Fallon falls in the
moat and breaks into the castle from below. As the siege continues, Fallon
captures Jack and Isabelle, but Jack throws the final bean down Fallon's
throat, causing a beanstalk to rip apart his body. Jack takes the crown and
sends the giants back to their realm.
Jack and Isabelle marry and tell the story of the giants to their
children. As time passes, the magic crown is crafted into St Edward's
Crown and is secured
in the Tower of London.
Cast
· Nicholas Hoult as Jack,
a young farmer who leads the expedition to rescue the princess. Hoult was selected from a short list
of actors that included Aaron Johnson and Aneurin Barnard.
· Eleanor Tomlinson as Isabelle, the princess who is
kidnapped by giants. Adelaide Kane, Lily Collins and Juno Temple also screen tested for the role.
· Stanley Tucci as
Lord Roderick, an adviser to the king with designs on usurping power.
· Ian McShane as
King Brahmwell, the princess' father, who is none too thrilled about a union
between his daughter and a farmer boy.
· Bill Nighy and John Kassir as Fallon, the two-headed leader of
the giants. Nighy plays the big head and Kassir plays the smaller head.
· Ewan McGregor as
Elmont, the leader of the king’s elite guard, who helps fight giants.
· Additionally, Eddie Marsan plays
Crawe, Elmont's second-in-command and Ewen Bremner
plays Wicke, Lord Roderick's attendant.
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